The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-05-13
LIFE IN A STUDIO.
Fashions Victim in the Person of a
photographer.
Two Heads on One PIate-A Pair Who
Were 'FUp to the Fashion''-A Bon
ney Bride Depicts Her Court
shin.

beautiful picture, isn't it?'' said
South side photographer as he proudly
exhibited the portrait of fine-Iooking
couple standing together in an attitude
which displayed two striking prOfiles
to the best advantage. That's what
we call the double profile and it's all
the rage just now, especially for hus-
bands and wives Mr.. and Mrs. George
M. Pullman set the fashion. They
were photographed like that a short
time ago, and since then ever so many
couples have been taken in the same
way. No, it isn't always SO successful
as this. Not every one can afford to
call attention to his profile. You see,
there are really very few people who
possess even respectable noses. But,
bless your soul, that doesn't make any
. difference. Profile photographs are
the fashion, and so they must be had,
even by snub-nOsed folk.
''All sorts of couples come here to
be taken ir that position; you'd hardly
believe me if were to describe them
to you. Some have too much nose and
of chin and others not enough; some
have bulgy heads, and lots are not the
right height. Oh, yes, height has a
great deal to do with it. You see, in
these pictures the figure on the inside,
which, of course, should be the man.
must be little taller, or at any rate
not the least bit shorter, than the out
side figure. He mustn't be much
taller, because then her side-face is
outlined against his neck, which is
any thing but pretty; he may be the
same height, but if he is any shorter
of course it is fatal. You'd think any
one could see that at a glance, wouldn't
you? Yet the other day a bride and
bridegroom came in here and were
much struck by that picture you have
in your hand. They decided, or at
least she did, that they must have a
double profile. Well the bride, who
was an angular and fiat young woman,
measured at least three inches more
than her husband, so I gently sug-
gested to her that I feared the effect of
being taken in that position would
hardly be good, as his blonde and
UCdAJlll1 InuSbdC1lG WOulNi OG ulNlu6n
behind her fichu, or whatever the fluffy
business was she had around her neck.
'Wa'al,' she said, its kind of awk-
ward. I guess he'll hev to stand on
the outside And, if you'll believe it,
they actually were taken like that.
None of my very strong hints had the
slightest effect. [ can show you the
picture, 1 don't keep it out because
I'm not proud of it.
.Yes. the double profile is quite pop
ular with young ladies, but don't like
to take them that way because there's
always trouble about which sides of
their faces shall appear. One gem
orally wants her left side-face in the
picture, and the other is quite sure that
the right side of her head is the best
looking, and | have no end of bother
making things smooth and persuading
one of them that both sides of her face
are equally handsome. That, by the
way, is very seldom the case, though.
Nearly every one is better looking on
one side than on the other, and there's
always a difference between the right
and left protiles. Sometimes the hair
grows more prettily on one side of the
forehead than on the other, sometimes
the mouth is slightly turned upward on
one side and not on the other, and to a
PhotOgrapher's eye the nose is never
quite the same on both sides. A woman |
\ MeecSNS HNNN@Ss En0ws NASASN S& Mex xS10-
6Aes ls the most atVracGve ana take
! care To present the Irettier one when
ever she can. OF course women use
hand-gIasses SO much for trying on bon
nets and arranging their cOffures, and
50 on, NNoN NONeS Nee0UNe Vevy foNNHAex
\ With NNeNx 0NSN fNoes NnA SM0w rs
much about their weak points as the
I 0o .abOUthheirsh0 o1ez
That's why, nine times ont of ten,
it easier TO photograph a woman than
a man. She knows Just what she
wants, Nut ne HASN'T any IAeN and \
whifhes about tin you're nearly dis
\ tracte6. First he thinks he'N have q
side face and then changes to a full
face ana, after aH ;guesses he d prefer
hree-qHarfefs That's because
he really ism & familiar either
with his defects or his advan-
tages, Men never are, unless they \
shake NNepseAxes, NOA N0S MANY DO.
! Now, with women It 5 very different
as 1 said. A lady told me the othel
! day that she had once induced her hus-
band to exchange a right-hand box az
the theater for left-hand one, because
she wouldn't for the world sit with the
left side of her face toward the audi
ence, and l know lots of others who
are just as particular as that
Tell you Of some more favorite posi-
tons? Oh, there are all sorts Of Curl
Gus ones. All the old, conventional
postures have quite gone out The
leading idea now among some people